PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Hits $100 Million of Revenue on 4 Million Units Sold in Just 13 Weeks

Bluehole, Inc. announced today that PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS has generated $100 million in revenue and sold more than four million copies since its Early Access launch on March 23, 2017.

Even more interesting information was made available regarding where PUBG players are located. PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS is truly a worldwide phenomenon with 24% of players based in the US, 19% in China, 6% in Germany, 6% in Russia and 4% in the U.K. The game has seen further popularity in Eastern Asia with 5.5% of its players in South Korea and 4.3% in Japan.

PUBG has peaked at 230,000 concurrent users on Steam with more than 100,000 sessions being played daily. The game continues its success on Twitch seeing more than 350,000 peak concurrent viewers. 15% of all Twitch users (more than 120,000 people), watch PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS from the platform every day. At E3 2017, Bluehole, Inc. announced that PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS will be launching exclusively on Xbox One in late 2017, with the final version launching in early 2018 across the Xbox One family of devices. So expect more players to join in on this game later this year.

This is awesome news for a game that many Shackers play everyday. Congratulations to the team at PUBG! Looks like the next chicken dinner is on you winners!

Asif Khan is the CEO and majority shareholder of Shacknews. He began his career in video game journalism as a freelancer in 2001 for Tendobox.com. Asif is a CPA and was formerly an investment adviser representative. After much success in his own personal investments, he retired from his day job in financial services and is currently focused on new private investments. His favorite PC game of all time is Duke Nukem 3D, and he is an unapologetic fan of most things Nintendo. Asif first frequented the Shack when it was sCary's Shugashack to find all things Quake. When he is not immersed in investments or gaming he is a purveyor of fine electronic music. Asif also has an irrational love of Cleveland sports.

Battle royale. 100 people. 1 survivor. There is an island full of loot, u all drop in from a plane where you want. You pickup the best loot by finding it or killing. Eventually the circle of map shrinks more and more to make the fight eventually the size of a tiny room. 1 survives.

Have you played DayZ/Operation Flashpoint/ARMA? It's basically that but a special game mode where you're dropped onto an island with a bunch of other players and you must quickly find weapons and survive/kill everyone else. The play area reduces in size over time so you're forced to bunch together.